The Most Humorless Men In Rock

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― PB, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

The first person who says Thom Yorke loses!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:04 (twenty years ago)

Jack Black

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― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:05 (twenty years ago)

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― ryansf (ryansf), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

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― PB, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:08 (twenty years ago)

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needs more fun!

― petesmith (plsmith), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:10 (twenty years ago)

i acually think thom yorke can laugh at himself, somewhat.

― petesmith (plsmith), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

ELVIS COSTCO OTM

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

ALSO: Thom Yorke has written some very humorous - granted, DARK humor humorous - lyrics.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

Oh come on. How can you say that a man who married whatever her name is from Nanaimo doesn't have a wicked sense of humour?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

In his defense, Chris Cornell's lyrics circa "Louder Than Love" are hella funny!

― Old School (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)

I think James Hetfield is hilarious. Or is that Lars?

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)

There was a time when this wasn't so, but, alas...
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― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

i acually think thom yorke can laugh at himself, somewhat.

i know that i've never had any trouble laughing at him!

― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:16 (twenty years ago)

I fear for my life, but someone has to do this:

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― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:16 (twenty years ago)

I like him, but...

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― PB, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:22 (twenty years ago)

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― PB, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:23 (twenty years ago)

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― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:23 (twenty years ago)

this thread is about serious business rockers

― Yejoon (Yejoon), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:27 (twenty years ago)

http://www.npr.org/news/images/2005/jan/14/conor_oberst200.jpg

― Kal Pennsylvania, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

eminem is really serious when he's not on the mic, and he can't take a joke at all.

― richard wood johnson, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:35 (twenty years ago)

yknow who else belongs in the thom yorke column? ryan adams. for all his petty, bratty behavior sometimes, he also seems like he can see how ridiculous he is, and that he gets a lot of joy out of the whole process. i dont really like his stuff, but i sort of admire him, weirdly.

― petesmith (plsmith), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

So then Elvis appeared in Austin Powers and the Simpsons strictly as a publicity move, then?

― Maxwell von Bismarck (maxwell von bismarck), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)

has there ever been a pic of CO where he didn't look 'punch-in-the-face-worthy'?

― chris andrews (fraew), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

elvis c was in spiceworld => elvis c has a sense of humor

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)

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― richard wood johnson, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

Elvis Costello has done awesome comedy turns in the film No Surrender and on The Larry Sanders Show.

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

yeah, maybe yr right - it just seems like he takes himself too seriously...

― petesmith (plsmith), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

elvis c was in spiceworld => elvis c has a sense of humor

that doesn't mean he has a good sense of humor; it means he has a bad manager

― richard wood johnson, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

The Bee Gees are pretty humourless.

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

Anyway, this shouldn't just be men should it? Because our very own M*r*ss* rules this thread.

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:43 (twenty years ago)

This thread is just an example of how the music industry doesn't support original, talented humorless women

― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:50 (twenty years ago)

x-post you spelled Morrissey wrong

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:51 (twenty years ago)

― Confounded (Confounded), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)

"Cemetry Gates" is quite humourful.

― Maxwell von Bismarck (maxwell von bismarck), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

Conor Oberst has a "sense of humor"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

xx-post

Colin Powell's a Rock Star?

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:56 (twenty years ago)

Elvis Costello is really funny in "Straight to Hell"

― Old School (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 19:56 (twenty years ago)

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

I have to admit, the first name that sprung into my head was this guy

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― Je4nn3 ƒur¥ (Je4nne Fury), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

Great.

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― Je4nn3 ƒur¥ (Je4nne Fury), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

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― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)

Okay, better one:

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― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

Surely Steve Albini is a contender, no?

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

naw he's funny as fuck. good joke teller.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

No. Shellac shows are fun and funny...

― donut Get Behind Me Carbon Dioxide (donut), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

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― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

It said humourless, not clueless.

― I Oppose All Rock and Roll (noodle vague), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

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― recovering optimist (Royal Bed Bouncer), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 20:58 (twenty years ago)

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I knew a girl who roadie'd for both swans and sonic youth in the 80s and she said swans' van was always fulla laughter and the sy van was usually silent

More tidbits like this, plz. I don't even really care if they're true, I just want to hear more.

― z "R" s (Z S), Friday, 24 October 2008 16:45 (seventeen years ago)

Richie Blackmore has always looked like a big sourpuss to me. And moreso since he got a hot wiccan wife and is playing lute only.

― ellaguru, Friday, 24 October 2008 17:36 (seventeen years ago)

yes but this also resulted in one of the greatest photos in modern history

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― Edward III, Friday, 24 October 2008 17:42 (seventeen years ago)

Whoever posted Townshend, HUH? Dogs? Dogs, Part 2? A Quick One? Tommy's Holiday Camp? Squeeze Box? Stage patter like, "From the Magic Kingdom to the herpes master class"?

Townshend, Cornell, so many others jumped the shark when they stopped writing funny lyrics. Looking California/Feeling Minnesota is one of my favorite one-liners ever.

― bendy, Friday, 24 October 2008 17:52 (seventeen years ago)

More tidbits like this, plz. I don't even really care if they're true, I just want to hear more.

uh, let's see. I was talking to tod from cop shoot cop backstage once when he took a swig from a beer bottle that he thought was his. alas, it was not, and it was filled with piss. he had a pretty good sense of humor about it, though.

― Edward III, Friday, 24 October 2008 17:52 (seventeen years ago)

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― Former Golden Boy, Friday, 24 October 2008 20:06 (seventeen years ago)

Whoever that guy is looks like a complete asshole.

― Bill Magill, Friday, 24 October 2008 20:09 (seventeen years ago)

That guy is Paul Weller. Despite all the records sold and critical plaudits garnered during his long and fruitful career, Weller always looks like he's just been forced at gunpoint to eat a plate of cold vomit.

― Former Golden Boy, Friday, 24 October 2008 20:36 (seventeen years ago)

From the thread currently just below this one...

This man

― bidfurd, Friday, 24 October 2008 23:45 (seventeen years ago)

haha that's awesome

― Edward III, Saturday, 25 October 2008 01:03 (seventeen years ago)

OK, I'll give it up to Sting on the horse, but I insist his music is still humorless. And he seemed embarrassed in Bring on the Night when Branford Marsalis made him join in on a singalong of the Flintstones' theme.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Saturday, 25 October 2008 02:03 (seventeen years ago)

― Edward III, Saturday, 25 October 2008 02:04 (seventeen years ago)

mark wahlberg

― Kevin Keller, Saturday, 25 October 2008 02:07 (seventeen years ago)

Oh, come the fuck ON. This is no contest. It is

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― Ye Mad Puffin, Saturday, 25 October 2008 02:27 (seventeen years ago)

yup

― Joe Pinot (rockapads), Saturday, 25 October 2008 07:53 (seventeen years ago)

Complaint should be more specific: Who writes a "country" song with a fuckin' time-signature change?

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― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:30 PM Bookmark

June Carter?

― mujeres con dos, tres, quatro, cinco tetas (The Reverend), Saturday, 25 October 2008 09:05 (seventeen years ago)

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Saturday, 25 October 2008 09:12 (seventeen years ago)

"Ring of Fire" has time changes all over the place

― mujeres con dos, tres, quatro, cinco tetas (The Reverend), Saturday, 25 October 2008 09:16 (seventeen years ago)

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― Poll Wall (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 25 October 2008 09:23 (seventeen years ago)

clever bastard

― mujeres con dos, tres, quatro, cinco tetas (The Reverend), Saturday, 25 October 2008 09:24 (seventeen years ago)

I think the singer from Crowbar wins this prize.

― Pillbox, Saturday, 25 October 2008 11:12 (seventeen years ago)

two weeks pass...

― Kevin Keller, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 05:15 (seventeen years ago)

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& consequently the least self-aware

― Funky Buddha Lounge (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 11 November 2008 10:18 (seventeen years ago)

Yngwie Malmsteen is the correct answer

― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 10:21 (seventeen years ago)

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― Mark G, Tuesday, 11 November 2008 10:34 (seventeen years ago)

three years pass...

Geoff Tate, Queensryche (Scott Ian once mockingly pronounced his name as Jee-off Ta-tay)
David Coverdale
John Kalodner x 1000 (the 80's Geffen A&R dude)

Watching that metal evolution series on Vh1...lolol so many candidates

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 May 2012 09:30 (thirteen years ago)

80's hair metal bands have a surprising number of both extremes (humourless on one side and hilarious on the other), sometimes in the same band (Vince Neil and Tommy Lee).

― Radical Jedward (snoball), Monday, 28 May 2012 09:34 (thirteen years ago)

Totally. Though I think Sixx wins on overall humorlessness out of the Crüe

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 May 2012 09:42 (thirteen years ago)

Ooh and I'd like to vote for Dave Mustaine too.

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 May 2012 09:43 (thirteen years ago)

Bob Mould?

― You can do it Sun Myung Moon (NickB), Monday, 28 May 2012 09:59 (thirteen years ago)

taking a job as a WCW scriptwriter has got to mean you have some sense of humour

― zappi, Monday, 28 May 2012 10:36 (thirteen years ago)

Some weird suggestions in this thread, with Gil Scott-Heron being the absolute worst. Most songwriters are funnier than they're given credit for imo. Or at least are trying to be.

― Get wolves (DL), Monday, 28 May 2012 14:49 (thirteen years ago)

henley and frey win all prizes. and paul simon.

― scott seward, Monday, 28 May 2012 16:48 (thirteen years ago)

Coverdale is a funny and nice guy. He can definitely laugh at his ridiculous 80's persona

― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Monday, 28 May 2012 17:53 (thirteen years ago)

I assume some of the broken images upthread must have been pix of Roger Waters.

― Brad C., Monday, 28 May 2012 18:22 (thirteen years ago)

For some reason I have it in my mind that Neil Peart is a well-known drudge.

― clemenza, Monday, 28 May 2012 18:49 (thirteen years ago)

c'mon this is Lou Reed

― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 28 May 2012 19:00 (thirteen years ago)

Noodle Vague OTM

― Moka, Monday, 28 May 2012 19:04 (thirteen years ago)

Slipknot

At least Gwar are fuckin fun, jeez those Slipknot dudes are dour

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 May 2012 21:33 (thirteen years ago)

John Kalodner x 1000 (the 80's Geffen A&R dude)

OTM. so self serious, this guy, and in defense of such (unintentionally) humorous music

― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 28 May 2012 22:10 (thirteen years ago)

he seems like a Muppet, look, speaking style, everything - like I can't believe he's actually a real person

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 May 2012 22:11 (thirteen years ago)

he's a rich bitter old hippie

― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 28 May 2012 22:14 (thirteen years ago)

he has a FACE beard

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 May 2012 22:18 (thirteen years ago)

John Kalodner insisted on being animated in and given a special thanks for the Simpsons episode featuring Aerosmith. This is really all I know about him, so I have a very high opinion of him.

― Merdeyeux, Monday, 28 May 2012 22:19 (thirteen years ago)

haha weird!

I wanna say Yngwie Malmsteen, but his humorlessness makes him hilarious so maybe it cancels itself out

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 May 2012 22:20 (thirteen years ago)

Anton Newcombe?

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 28 May 2012 22:21 (thirteen years ago)

The answer is Lars Ulrich-lock thread

― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Monday, 28 May 2012 22:32 (thirteen years ago)

Lars Ulrich is definitely a contender. Most will cite his attitude towards Napster when it first appeared (and how he's changed his tune immensely since), but when he got defensive over what is quite blatantly a supremely fuck-awful mastering job on Death Magnetic...

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Monday, 28 May 2012 22:35 (thirteen years ago)

aw, Lars can be a douche but he's not humorless. i've seen interviews where he takes the piss out of himself. he's just uptight, lol

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 May 2012 22:42 (thirteen years ago)

no way, lars is a little minx!

― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 20:25 (thirteen years ago)

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